Comestible package



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CQMESTIBLE PACKAGE y Filed May 5, 1934 Ming! jg ATTORN EYS Patented Dec. 1,` 1936 autant PATENT GFFICE COME STIBLE PACKAGE Clarence W. Vogt, Louisville, Ky., assignor, by mesne assignments, to The Girdler Corporation, Louisville, Ky., a. corporation of Delaware Application May 3, 1934, Serial N0. 723,717

8 Claims. (Cl. 20G-46) Thisinvention relates to the packaging of units of a comestible, and more particularly to a type of unit in which the comestible is in the form of a substantially solid block having a peripheral wrapping and having the ends exposed. Such a unit may be of the type shown :in my prior Patent 1,906,l83issued April 25, 1933, and may be made by cutting a peripherally Wrapped or encased bar of the comestible transversely into sections of the desired length.

In my prior applications Serial Nos. 585,745, lecl January 9, 1932, 629,776, filed August 22, 1932, and 709,245, led February 1, 1934, units of. the type referred to are arranged on end in a. plurality of superposed layers, the layers being separated by interleaves whereby the comestible in each unit is entirely covered and protected except the upper ends of the units in the top layer after the package is opened andthe material is being dispensed. When such units are sold by the dispenser to the carry-home trade it is necessary to remove the desired number of units and repack them in a separate container or place them in a bag or other wrapping. If

each layer be made up of units of different flavors and the units of one flavor are sold or dispensed more rapidly than others, it is often necessary for the dispenser to select units of the desired avor from one layer before all of the units of the upper layer are sold.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a -form of package whereby ,a predetermined number of units in each layer 'are separately encased so that they may be removed from the main package and sold as a carry-home package and whereby one may rapidly remove units of a particular avor and from lower layers before all of the units of the upper layers are sold or dispensed.

In carrying out my invention the individual units are separately encased in groups so formed that a plurality of the groups may constitute a layer either in a larger shipping package r in the dispensing cabinet and whereby all or any por- 45 tion of the groups in any vertical column may be readily removed without disturbing the groups in another vertical column which may be made up of units of. a different avor.

A further object of the invention is to provide d a carry-home package made up of a plurality of units, the package being so formed as to cover vthe ends of the units and to adequately hold together a layer of the desired number of such units. A series of such carry-home packages may be secured together in superposed relationship up at the factory and delivered to the dispenser.

Such shipping packages in columnI form are pref.- erably of such cross-sectional area that a plurality ofthem may be conveniently place'd on end in the dispensing Acabinet and the units from each such stack or column may be dispensed either individually or in the carry-home groups.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of my improved carry-home package,

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, the contents of the package being shown in elevation,

Fig. 3 is a planviewof the blank for one form of wrapper for the carry-home package,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a shipping package made up of a plurality of the carry-home packages, and of slightly different form than that shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

Figs. 5 and 6 are side elevations of the shipping package in planes at right angles to each other, and

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the wellof a dispensing cabinet showing a plurality of the shipping packages disposed therein andy with the tops removed for the dispensing of the units.

Each of the carry-home packages is made up of a plurality of individual service units preferably arranged in a single layer. These units may be of the type shown in my prior Patent 1,906,183, and are preferably in the form of cylindrical blocks Ill with readily removable peripheral wrappings Il. Such units may, as previously noted, be made by cutting a peripherally wrapped or encased bar transversely into sections so that the comestible will be exposed at the ends of each block, but will be protected around its peripheral or cylindrical surface. The number of units em ployed in the carry-home package may vary within reasonable limits. In the drawing six such units are employed, but there may be a larger or smaller number.

The wrapping or encasement of the carry-home package is preferably formed by the use of a blank such as that shown in Fig. 3, and includes a band I2 of a width substantially equal to the height of the individual service portions, and o1 such lengthas to encircle the series when the ends of the band are overlapped. This band may be made oi' somewhat thicker or stiffer material than the wrapping material of the indi-l vidual service portions, although such greater stillness is not essential. The endsoi? the band may be secured together in any suitable manner,

but preferably so as to permit ready separation. As shown, the band has in opposite edges and adjacent to opposite ends a pair of slots I3, each extending substantially half way across the band so that the ends may be interlocked as shown in Fig. 1.

'I'he top and bottom walls Il and I5 of the carry-home package are preferably formed of a single sheet of comparatively thin material, such for instance as Cellophane, waxed paper or the like. The sheet forming these top and bottom walls may include an intermediate portion I6 of a width equal to that of the band and secured to the latter by adhesive applied, for instance, in one or more spots or small areas I 1. This sheet may be creased or provided with fold lines along opposite edges of the band I2 so thatthe top and bottom walls may be readily folded into engagement with the upper and lower surfaces of the series of units forming the layer in the package.

The top and bottom walls are preferably secured along one edge to the band, but it is not essential that any means be provided for securing the opposite or other edges to the band to completely seal the package, as the package maybe slipped into a paper bag or otherwise wrapped up by the dispenser to enable it to be readily carried home. Preferably the outer edges of the blank as shown in Fig. 3 have tabs or flanges I8 which may be folded along creased or fold lines I9, and tucked inside o1' the band when the ends of the latter are brought together.

A plurality of these carry-home packages may be mounted in superposed relationship with bottom and top walls 20 and 2I of substantially the same size and shape as the carry-home package, and of stier cardboard or the like, and the series of superposed carry-home packages with these stiffer top and bottom walls may be secured together by a band 22 of stiff or tough paper. This band 22 may be coated with adhesiveon its inner surface so that in applying it the band will be secured to the bottom wall 20, portions of the peripheral wall I2 of veach carry-home package, and to the top wall 2l. 'Ihe ends of the band 22 may be overlapped and likewise be secured together by the adhesive. This band may hold together the ends of the band I2 if they are merely overlapped and do not have the interlocking means shown or any other equivalent means.

The adhesive is of such a character that the ends of the band 22 at the top of the shipping package may be readily pulled apart and may be readily stripped from the periphery of the bands I2 of the `carry-home package so that the packages may be tken ofi' one at a time from the stack and sold as such carry-home packages, or the.` top walls I 4 of the top individual packages may be lifted and the units sold individually from the top carry-home packages. When all of the units in each such carry-home or individual package are dispensed, the enwrapment of such package may be readily removed and the cover or top lifted from the next package.

A plurality of such shipping packages may be placed in the well 30 of an ordinary dispensing cabinet so that access may be readily gained to each of the shipping packages. The dispenser may purchase shipping packages containing units of different flavor so that he can readily dispense the individual service portions of the desired flavor from the proper column or stack independently of the others, and when al1 of the units or individual packages or any such shipping package are dispensed, a new shipping packdispensed.

The individual or carry-home packages may be readily made at the time the bars of the comestible are cut off into the individual service portions. For instance, a plurality of the bars in superposedrelationship may be cut up by a gang cutter as shown in my prior application Serial No. 658,264, filed February 23, 1933, and upon the endwise spacing of the layers of units so formed the bands I2 may be laid across the separate layers, and the walls I 4 and I5 tucked down between adjacent layers, and the top and bottom walls 20 and 2I may be placed in position. Upon pressing the endwise spaced layers back together again with the-walls I4 and I5 between adjacent layers, the stack may be turned up endwise and the flaps or flanges I8 bent over and the ends of the bands I2 brought together. The band or strip 22 may then be quickly wrapped around the entire stack and the packages completed ready for delivery to the customer or dispenser. Thus the stack of individual or carryhome packages may be quickly formed at the time the stack or column is made.

Illustratively the individual service portions I0 are arranged in a .carry-home'package containing six portions, and these portions are arranged in two rows of three, with the portions of one row staggered with respect to the portions of the other row so that as the band I2 is Wrapped about the six portions it assumes a shape roughly approximating that of anon-rectangular parallelogram with rounded corners, the rounded corners being afforded by wrapping the band I2 snugly about the four individual service portions at the four corners of the package. The advantage of this construction is clearly apparent from.Fig. 7 wherein it willl be observed that three stacks of shipping packages formed of superimposed carry-home packages may be conveniently fitted into the ordinary can or well of an ice cream cabinet. It will be fully apparent from this view that if-six individual service portions were` so arranged with respect to each other as to aiford a rectangular package, not

more than two stacks of packages could beployed for space economy regardless of whether the carry home packages consist of four, six, eight or any other number of packages arranged in rows. By staggering the individual service portions of each row I not only render the packages more suitable for interiitting within a circular Well but I actually minimize the amount of crosssectional shape required in the package to accommodate the six portions. The importance of making the top and bottom walls Hand I5 of Cellophane, glassine or othertransparent material is to permit the person dispensing these packages to visually observe the color of the ice cream and thus in most instances to determine the avor without opening the carry-home packages, although of course the flavor may be the package if desired.

'I'he individual service portions are entirely protected during shipment or delivery, but either the individual ,packages or the individual service.

vmarked on the band portion or other portion of paratively inexpensive and may, of course, be thrown away as the goods are sold or used. A great saving of time is eifected in the dispensing as either a carry-home package or the desired number of individual service portions may be readily removed and delivered to the purchaser, and for carry-home purposes it is not necessary to repack the units in a separate container and they are held in shape and better protected than would be the case if they were dumped in a bag for the purchaser to carry home.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shipping package including a plurality of superposed individual packages each package being in the form of a non-right-angular parallelogram with rounded corners each including a single layer consisting of at least two rows of individual cylindrical service portions of a substantially solid comestible with the service portions of one row staggered with respect to and intertting with the service portions of an adjacent row, each of said service portions having a periph- -eral wrapping, a band extending around said portions, top and bottom walls for the layer of said portions, and means encircling all of said individual packages and holding them in predetermined relative positions 2. A carry-home package of individual service portions of comestible material including cylindrical peripherally wrapped blocks of comestible material arranged in two rows with the axes of the cylinders of each row in parallel relationship and with the units of each row staggered with respect to and interiitting with the units of the adjacent row, whereby to afford a bundle in the general form of a non-rectangular parallelogram with rounded corners, a wrapper encircling the periphery of said bundle and top and bottom Walls covering the unwrapped ends of the individual service portions.

`3. A carry-home package of individual service portions of comestible material including cylindrical peripherally wrapped blocks of comestible material arranged in two rows with the axes of the cylinders of each row in parallel relationship and with the units of each row staggered with respect to and intertting with the units of the adjacent row, whereby to afford a bundle in the general form of a non-rectangular parallelogram with rounded corners, a wrapper encircling the periphery of said bundle ana'top and bottom' walls covering the unwrapped ends of the individal service portions and including tabs to coact with the band, said top and bottom walls being transparent to afford visual inspection of the unwrapped ends of the individual service portions.

4. A carry-home package of a frozen comestible, including a series of cylindrical individual service portions of the comestible in substantially solid form, said portions being arranged in staggered rows andina single layer, and each of said portions having a flexible easily removable wrapper extending around only the periphery thereof to leave the end surfaces of said portions exposed, a band wrapped around thel entire series to hold n the portions in predetermined relationship, and

top and bottom walls covering the entire exposed end surfaces of said layer.

5. A carry-home package of a frozen comestible, including a series of cylindrical individual service portions of the comestible in substantiallyv 6. A shipping package including a plurality of A stacked individual packages, each including a single layer of cylindrical individual service portions of a substantially solid frozen comestible arranged alongside of each other in staggered rows, each of said service portions having a flexible easily removable peripheral wrapping, a band extending entirely around each layer to hold the portions of each layer in predetermined relationship, top and bottom walls for covering the exposed ends of each layer, and easily breakable umeans for holding a plurality of said individual packages together in stacked relationship whereby said packages may be shipped and lowered into the wall of a dispensing cabinet as a unit.

7. A shipping package including a plurality of stacked individual packages, each including a single layer of cylindrical individual service portions of a substantially solid comestible arranged alongside of each other in staggered rows, each of said service portions having a flexible easily removable peripheral wrapping, a band extending entirely around each layer to hold the portions of each layer in predetermined relationship, top and bottom walls for covering the exposedy ends of each layer, and a band extendingaround all of y said individual packages lengthwise thereof and holding them inv predetermined relative stacked position and also engaging the ends of said rst mentioned bands.

8. A carry-home package of individual service portions of comestible material, including cylindrical blocks of frozen comestible material, each having a wrapping around only the periphery thereof and readily peelable therefrom, said blocks being arranged in two rows with the axes of the cylinders of each row in parallel relationship and with the units of each row staggered with respect to and interfitting with the units of the adjacent row, whereby to afford a bundle in the general form of a non-rectangular parallelogram with rounded corners, and a casing enclosing said portions and holding them in said relationship.

CLARENCE W. VOGT. 

